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The smartphone market might be growing strongly, says Ed Owen, but the excitement and differentiation has died. Didn’t smartphones used to be exciting?

The offering gives viewers one place to access all on-demand programming across the BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5, available alongside TVCatchup’s linear TV service.

At this year’s International Broadcasting Convention, the broadcaster’s chief technology officer Bob Harris said that the channel had been experimenting with real-time data processing.

ITV’s The Guilty wrapped up after three weeks last night, giving starved viewers their much needed fix of infanticide.

Channel 4 has said that it will be taking a step back from further exploring connected TV experiences because of limited uptake from viewers.

Blinkbox claims that its autumn content offering has ten times the number of latest blockbuster films than Netflix and LoveFilm.

While personal recommendation, opt-in email and editorial content ranked highest among respondents, mobile and text ads were found to be much less credible, according to a new Nielsen study.

Grinning boffin Brian Cox returned to the prime time schedules last night, armed with his unique brand of vocal harmonies and seemingly gormless enthusiasm.

DR, Denmark’s small public service broadcaster, has produced monster hits including The Killing, Borgen and The Bridge. Raymond Snoddy asks how they have pulled this off – and after hearing the organisation’s director of cultural affairs talk at IBC in Amsterdam, finds the answers are both extreme and surprising.

Following the launch of Google’s Chromecast, Sony has confirmed plans to launch a dongle that will add smart TV features to its regular televisions.